Article 21. Duties of a journalist of the Law On Mass Media
A journalist must:
1) to carry out the program of activity of the mass media with which it is in contractual relations, guided by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
1-2) take measures to verify the accuracy of the disseminated information by sending requests to relevant individuals and (or) legal entities or by other means not prohibited by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) do not disseminate information that does not correspond to reality;
3) to satisfy the requests of the persons who provided the information to indicate their authorship;
3-1) obtain consent from an individual and (or) a legal entity or their representatives to disseminate personal, family, medical, banking, commercial and other legally protected secrets in the media, except in cases where the information is indicated in official communications and (or) disseminated by the individual and (or) legal entity itself; or their representatives in sources to which access is not limited;
4) respect the legitimate rights and interests of individuals and legal entities;
4-1) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 02/06/2009 No. 123-IV (for the procedure of entry into force, see art. 2);
5) perform other duties assigned to him in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 23, 1999 No. 451-I.
This Law regulates public relations in the field of mass media, establishes state guarantees of their freedom in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
President
Republic of Kazakhstan
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